1132 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Gohltni Chaff ranks first, with an average yield of 56.4 bn.. followed by Impe- 

 rial Amber, Early Genesee Giant, and Rnssian Amber, with 52.S, 52, and 51.4 

 bu. per acre, respectively. The heaviest weights of grain per measured bushel 

 in a 5-year test were produced by Economy, Geneva, Tasmania Red, Banatka, 

 Kentucky Giant, and Crimean Red, the weight in all eases being between 01 

 and G2 lbs. Baking tests were made and show that the best varieties in fur- 

 nishing good flour for bread were Tasmania Red, Rudy, Onigara, Crimean Red, 

 Yaroslaf, Turkey Red, Early Genesee Giant, Banatka, Northwester, Geneva, 

 Imperial Amber, Tuscan Island, Kentucky Giant, and Michigan Amber, all red 

 wheats with the exception of Early Genesee Giant. Most of these wheats, 

 however, are comparatively weak in the straw and rather light in yield. It 

 is stated that in general white wheats yield more grain per acre, possess 

 stronger straw, weigh a little less per measured bushel, are slightly softer in 

 the grain, produce a more popular pastry flour, and furnish a somewhat weaker 

 flour for bread than the red grains. 



The heaviest yielders among spring wheat varieties, with their yields, were 

 as follows : Carleton 42.8 bu., Preston 36.5 bu., Hungarian 36.2 bu., Herison 

 Bearded 35.9 bu., and Minnesota No. 163 35 bu. per acre. The average yields 

 per acre of 6 varieties of macaroni wheat grown for 15 years were as follows : 

 Wild Goose 39.2 bu., Medeah 34.9 bu., Bart Tremenia 34.3 bu., Sorentina 33.2 

 bu., Algiers 32.3 bu., and Ontario 23.6 bu. Polish wheat in 1907 produced only 

 18.7 bu. per acre. 



The results of variety tests of a large number of other crops are given. The 

 leading variety of each cTop and its yield per acre in 1907 was as follows: 

 Spring rye, Saatroggen 30.5 bu., Mammoth White winter rye 07 bu.. Farmers 

 Surprise corn 67.9 bu.. Rye buckwheat 31 bu., Siberian millet 51.5 bu., Dwarf 

 broom corn 31 bu., Multipliers field peas 51 bu., Garton Improved Yellow Globe 

 mangel 44.6 tons. Imperial Giant Half sugar beet 21.7 tons, Sutton Magnum 

 Bonum swede 21.5 tons. Red Top White Globe fall turnip 35.3 tons, Earliest 

 Erfurt kohl-rabi 31.3 tons. Steel Improved Short White carrot 44.3 tons, Ken- 

 ney Improved Amber sugar cane 24.2 tons. Black Giant sunflower 0.3 tons, 

 Japanese Panicle and Japanese Common millet 3.5 tons of hay, Sutton Earliest 

 Drumhead cabbage 24.8 tons, and Medium Green soy beans as compared with 

 other leguminous crops 9.4 tons of green fodder. 



The leading variety of flax in Manitoba has produced an average yield of 

 21.3 bu. of seed per acre for 3 years, the leading variety of sorghum, California 

 Golden, 31.1 bu. In the average of 5 years' results, and the leading variety of 

 sunflowers. White Beauty, 72.6 bu. in the average of 9 years. Among varieties 

 of field beans as shown by 9 years' work Pearce Improved Tree, White Wonder, 

 Medium or Navy, and Burlingame Medium have been most satisfactory. Cow- 

 peas did not mature in 1907 and grass peas produced only about 16.4 bu. per 

 acre. During the past 6 years the yields of hairy vetches have ranged from 

 1.5 to 18.2 bu. of seed per acre. In each of 4 years decidedly better results 

 were secured from Canadian-grown vetch seed than from imported seed. For 

 a 5-year period New Ideal Hollow Crown parsnips ranked first with an average 

 yield of 11.9 tons per acre, and in the average results of 5 years' experiments 

 with corn for fodder and silage Pennsylvania Early Dent produced 27.37 tons 

 of total green crop per acre and was the leading variety in the list. 



Of 111 varieties of potatoes tested this season the following varieties are 

 ftmong the best when yield, size, freedom from rot, and quality are considered : 

 Late — Empire State, Dempsey Seedling, Rural New Yorker No. 2 : medium — 

 Rose of the North, Burpee Extra Early; early — Early Fortune, Pearly Harvest, 

 Extra Early Eureka, and Early Dawn. The results of planting potato sets of 

 different sizes and at different distances were in favor of 2 oz. sets i>ianted 



